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Pakistan court jails ex-PM Imran Khan for 10 years ahead of elections

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Islamabad | A Pakistan court handed Imran Khan a 10-year jail term for leaking state secrets, his party said, the harshest sentence against the former prime minister so far and just 10 days before a general election.

The special court found Khan guilty of making public the contents of a secret cable sent by Pakistan’s ambassador in Washington to the government in Islamabad, his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party said.

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